OneofAmerica'smostfamousactors,EdwinBooth,stoodonatrainplatforminJerseyCity.Hewasabouttoboardatrain.Asthecrowdpressedforwardthetrainunexpectedlystarted,rollingafewfeetbeforeitstopped.Boothsawayoungmanlosehisbalanceandbegintofallbetweentheplatformandthemovingcar.Hequicklyreacheddownandgrabbedtheyoungfellowbythecollar,pullinghimtosafety.
Theyoungmanrecognisedhiscelebritysaviour,"whosefacewasofcoursewellknowntome,andIexpressedmygratitudetohim".
Itwasonlylaterthatthetwomenrecognisedthehauntingirony.TheyoungmanwasPresidentLincoln'sson,RobertLincoln.Andtheactor'syoungerbrotherwasJohnBooth,whoassassinatedthepresidentthefollowingspring.
美國著名演員愛德溫．布斯站在澤西城火車月臺上，準備登車。人群向前擠的時候，火車突然開動，滑行了幾英尺才停下來。布斯看見一個年輕人失足，倒向月臺和滑行的車廂之間，連忙伸手抓住他衣領，把他拖離險境。
那年輕人認得這個著名的救命恩人。「他的容貌，我當然十分熟悉。我向他致謝。」
後來，兩人才發覺命運弄人之甚。那年輕人是林肯總統的兒子羅伯特．林肯，而愛德溫．布斯的弟弟則是約翰．布斯，即次年春天刺殺林肯總統的兇手。